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Aleksandra Maltsevskaya wins Women’s Grandmasters Tournament in Belgrade

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Aleksandra Maltsevskaya wins Women's Grandmasters Tournament in Belgrade

The 55th edition of the Women’s Grandmasters Tournament in Belgrade took place from 2-10 March as a 10-player round-robin event.

IM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (Poland, 2374) triumphed in the championship scoring unbeaten 7.5 points. Maltsevskaya emerged in the leading position after five played rounds with a perfect score, and successfully maintained the leading position until the end. With a victory in the last round against WIM Sandra Djukic (Serbia, 2127), Aleksandra Maltsevskaya secured the sole first position.

WFM Elif Mehmed (Serbia, 2194) and WGM Lu Miaoyi (China, 2397) scored 7 points each to share 2-3 place. 20-year-old Elif Mehmed had an amazing performance to earn her final WGM norm, and thanks to better tiebreaks finished second. The top-seeded Lu Miaoyi came third.

The Closing ceremony took place yesterday with the attendance of legendary Serbian International Master Alisa Maric. Detailed information about the event can be found here / chess-results. Photos by Belgrade Chess Federation Facebook

Final rankings – Women’s Grandmasters Tournament in Belgrade:

Rk. NameFEDRtgPts. 
1IMMaltsevskaya, AleksandraPOL23747.5
2WFMMehmed, ElifSRB21947
3WGMLu, MiaoyiCHN23927
4WGMDoluhanova, EvgeniyaUKR22614.5
5WIMKubicka, AnnaPOL22784.5
6WGMXu, YuanyuanCHN22884
7IMKulkarni, BhaktiIND23723.5
8WIMPogorelskikh, SofiaSRB22143.5
9WIMDjukic, SandraSRB21272
10WFMVujovic, VeraSRB21751.5

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